June 18: Amy Street steam plant; last streetcar driver; Famous Five statue.

June 18, 1903 - George Frederick Garbutt is born in Winnipeg. “Tick” was a member of The Winnipegs hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics. He died in 1967 in Winnipeg.

June 18, 1924 - City Hydro's Amy Street Steam Plant
goes into operation. It provided steam heat to downtown Winnipeg
buildings through a network of underground pipes. it closed in June 1990
after 66 years of service causing expensive retrofits for many
buildings that had to add central heating.

June 18, 2010 - Helen Granger Young's Famous Five statue is unveiled on the Legislature grounds.